Appendix A to Feeling Like Saints: Lollard Writings after Wyclif (original) (raw)

I. The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (sermons 1-4) 1) fol. 3r, the ending of a sermon on Pentecost: It is probable that it originally began with EWS 53. "In þis gospel meueþ Crist his children to loue, for charite is the beste cloþ þat ony mon may haue. And herfore seiþ Godis lawe that loue is strong as deþ, for loue meueþ men to suffre deþ gladly in Goddis cause." Treats John 14. 2) fol. 3r, lacks fol. 4, 5r-5v, Rev. 4:5: "Septem lampades ardentes. .. sunt septem spiritus dei." EWS 54 for Trinity Sunday. Missing page starts at EWS 54 p. 471/51, then covers most of the exposition of the thema. Fol. 5r begins with Whitsun then transitions to the second and third gifts. 3) fol. 5v-7v, 1 John 4:12: "Si diligamus inuicem deus in nobis manet." EWS 1 with variant transitional ending. Short discussion of epistle theme, smooth transition to gifts four and five. 4) fol. 7v, lacks fols. 8 and 9, fol. 10r, 1 John 3:13: "Nolite mirare si odit vos mundus." EWS 2, breaking off at p. 228/25. Gifts six and seven were treated here, but only a fragment on fear of the lord remains. II. The Five Wits, the Seven Works of Mercy (sermons 5-6) 5) fol. 10r-12v, 1 Peter 5:8 : "Sobrii estote et vigilate." EWS 3, with an added exhortation. Epistle exposition treats fleshly and ghostly prudence. Seamless transition to pastoral instruction: first three of five wits (taste, smell, hearing).